Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 10.26

तदर्धमधमं प्राहुः प्रतिमोत्सेधमत्र वै ।
एवं प्रासादमानं तु द्वारमानमतः श्रृणु ॥ 26 ॥

tadardhamadhamaṃ prāhuḥ pratimotsedhamatra vai |
evaṃ prāsādamānaṃ tu dvāramānamataḥ śrṛṇu || 26 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.26 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (10.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Dhama, Pra, Ahu, Pratima, Utsedha, Atra, Prasada, Ana, Dvaramana, Atah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 10.26). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “tadardhamadhamaṃ prāhuḥ pratimotsedhamatra vai
  • tadar -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛdha -
  • ṛdh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhamam -
  • dhama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ahuḥ -
  • ahu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ahu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [aorist active third plural]
  • pratimo -
  • pratima (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratima (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pratimā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • utsedham -
  • utsedha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    utsedha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • Line 2: “ evaṃ prāsādamānaṃ tu dvāramānamataḥ śrṛṇu
  • Cannot analyse *evam*pr
  • prāsādam -
  • prāsāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ānam -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    an (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dvāramānam -
  • dvāramāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ataḥ -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse śrṛṇu
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